Science: Parts of a plant
Objectives
Identify and name plant
parts
Requirements of plants for
life
Understand functions of
plant parts
Starter
Tell your partner what you
know about plants e.g. what
does it need to survive? Can
you name any parts?
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Teaching
If you can get children to dissect a
flower, this will be more visual but
for purpose of day to day supply-use
pics.
Using pictures, ask children what
they notice. They should notice that
there is one part of the flower that
is different to the rest-Identify this
as the carpel and tell the children
that this is the female part of the
plant.
Look at the different parts of the
carpel: the stigma (the top part of
the carpel that receives the pollen);
the style (the stalk supporting the
stigma) and the ovary (the round
bulb at the base of the style that
contains the eggs). While identifying
these parts label them on the board
for the children to use as a
reference.
Look at the top part of the stamen
(the anther) and the stalk part of
the stamen (the filament). Anthers
is where pollen is found. Discuss
with the children the reason why
the carpel is higher than the stamen
(to prevent the plant reproducing
with itself). Look at the bottom part
of the flower and identify the sepals
Activities
Give children a worksheet with
flower on and ask to label the
parts.
For a challenge, can they draw
the flower and label.
Extension:
Can they write sentences that
explains what each part does.
Gap fill for lower ability.
Plenary
KS2 Bitesize ScienceLife Cycles: Play
Science: Parts of a plant
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and receptacle. Discuss the
functions of each of these (can the
children think where the sepals
were before the flower blossomed?)
Science: Parts of a plant
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Science: Parts of a plant
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A flower is usually made up of f _ _ _ parts which are arranged in r _ _ _ _ inside each other.
The sepal is the outermost ring. It p _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ the flower when it was in bud.
The petals of a plant are often b _ _ _ _ _ _ _ c _ _ _ _ _ _ _ to attract _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
The stamens are the m _ _ _ parts of the plant which produce the yellow, dust-like p _ _ _ _ _ .
The carpel is the f _ _ _ _ _ part of the plant which produces the f _ _ _ _ once p _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ has taken place.
A flower can be pollinated either by w _ _ _ or by i _ _ _ _ _ _ .
When a flower is pollinated by i _ _ _ _ _ _ the i _ _ _ _ _ _ go to feed on the n _ _ _ _ _ of the flower. They brush against the s _ _ _
_ _ _ and collect the p _ _ _ _ _ .
Then they brush against the c _ _ _ _ _ _ of the same or different flower and pass on the pollen that way.
When a flower is pollinated by w _ _ _ the w _ _ _ blows the pollen. In this case the flowers usually have small or non-existent petals.
The pollen reaches the carpel at the place called the s _ _ _ _ _ . It travels down the s _ _ _ _ until it reaches the o _ _ _ _ where a f _
_ _ _ is formed.
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